VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-16292
A buffer overflow vulnerability in mj_raster_cmd() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.99%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.99%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in mj_raster_cmd() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701793Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=863ada11f9a942a622a581312e2be022d9e2a6f7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701793Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=863ada11f9a942a622a581312e2be022d9e2a6f7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.